Apparatus for continuous cooking.



H. D. PERKY, DEOD. L. SPARKS, ADMINISTRATOR. APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COOKING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1, 1903. 898,777, Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRYD. PERKY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK; LABAN SPARKS, ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID HENRY D.- PERKY, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, .OF

NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COOKING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY D. PERKY, a citizen of the United States, resident of Ni agara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Apparatus for Continuous Cooking and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front view illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the valves of the water supply. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view.

The invention relates to means for facilitating the manufacture of grain in a continuous manner, or while moving, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In cooking large quantities of grain, for use in the manufacture of cereal foods, it is desirable to minimize the time and expense involved, as well as to secure uniformity of result.

In the accompanying drawings'illustrating the invention, the letter a, designates the wall of a steam vessel, this being usually of upright cylindrical form, and having the upper portion f, and the lower portion u. These portions are connected by openings d, in connection with which are secured the ends of the upright cooking tubes e, which pass through the steam compartment u, and are designed to be of sufficient length to effect the cooking of the grain during its descent through them. For cooking wheat, these tubes may be eighteen or twenty feet in length. The steam supply is indicated at v, and its exit at r.

Above the steam compartment u is located the ventilating compartment f, through which the upper perforated ventilating portions g, of the cooking tubes pass to their openings 7, in the floor k, of the hopper Z. These ventilating portions of the cooking tubes consist of perforated metal or wire Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 1, 1903.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 175,379.

cloth sections designed to permit the escape of the steam or vapor, which is formed in the grain charged tubes 6 and is drawn off through a pipe .9, leading from the ventilating compartment.

Each cooking tube is provided with an inlet branch m, of the water su ply n, and a valve is provided for each in ct branch in order that the supply of water may be regulated to suit the requirement of the grain.

Through their open lower ends, the cooking tubes are designed to discharge their contents, in a continuous manner, upon a moving receiver t, which consists preferably of an adjustable pivoted frame 7 carrying an inclined conveyer belt 10, in connection with which are provided the lateral guide walls 2, Which serve to prevent the discharged contents from spreading laterally. In this wise, the lower ends of the steam cooking tubes are designed to be in contact with the grain discharge so that the latter serves as a brake upon the flow from the tubes. The angular position of the receiver may be made somewhat adjustable with this end in view, by having the bearings of the rollers 7', of the receiver adjustable. A cam-operated link 8 supporting one end of a pivoted receiver as shown in Fig. 4 is designed to be used for this purpose.

This apparatus is designed to serve an important purpose in cooking grain in large quantities for manufacture, as it provides for uniformity of cooking, the steam cylinder being readily kept at the proper temperature to render uniform the heat of the cooking tubes therein. It is also designed to facilitate the manufacture, as the supply of cooked grain is continuous.

In the manufacture, the bags of wheat are designed to be elevated to the upper floor of the factory, where they are discharged into the general hopper of a cleaning machine, which delivers the grain to the washing apparatus, whence it passes to the hopper of the continuous cooking apparatus.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

An apparatus for continuous cooking consisting of an upright steam vessel, having a ventilating compartment, and above said inder in juxtaposition to the discharging compartment a hopper, a plurality of openends of said tubes. 10 end cooking tubes in said steam vessel and In testimony whereof I have afiiXed my having perforated ventilating portions 10- signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

cated in said compartment, a series of valved HENRY D. PERKY Water pipes extending into the upper porl/Vitnesses:

tions of said cooking tubes, and an adjust- H. W. MAOBEAN,

able moving receiver below the steam cyl- A. J. PORTER. 

